Archives for March 2011

Far North Road Racing round 1

Road racing  back at the Mako track in Mareeba on sunday with round one of the FNQ road racing series.

Weather was scorching,was good to see some new faces,and some great racing.

Retiree Greg Jentikoff had a great showing in formula 3 with three seconds and a third, While  Allain King took all the wins! as he did in the Formula rr and new Boy Billy Smith took all the seconds in Formula rr and a win in 250 production.

Great start Billy!!! Other New boys Damien Caelli and Doug King both showed a lot of Potential in the 250`s

Billy showing some good form on his first outing.

 

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World Greatest Shave 2011

Last Weekend was The start of the Leukaemia Foundation Worlds Greatest Shave Stu Allen photography is a proud supporter of  Leukaemia Foundation in Cairns.

World’s Greatest Shave is a fantastic event that has been running since 1999.

It is something fun to be involved in, but it is a great cause  to help the 2,000 Queenslanders diagnosed annually with leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma or a related blood disorder.

There were heart warming stories and some great people who had put t there heart and soul in fundraising for Leukaemia Foundation in Cairns.

Katy Hoffmeister 13 from St Andrews Catholic Collage in Redlynch raised as of Saturday morning $2800.00

Stefan Salons flew her brother up from Brisbane to shave her to make it a family affair, and Dad shaved his head and his mow off.

 

 

 

 

 

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World Super Bikes,Philip Island

The 2011 World Super bike season kicked off in great fashion for Ducati and Carlos Checa with a double win

has dominated the opening two races of the World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island.

The Spaniard rode his Ducati to perfection, kicking off the 2011 season in dominant fashion.

In Race 1, Checa took the lead from Eugene Laverty (Yamaha) on Lap 3 and steadily pulled out to an unchallenged four second lead over reigning champ Max Biaggi.

The podium was completed by Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad) who held off both Yamaha World Superbike Team riders Laverty and Marco Melandri.

Laverty continually came off second best during his race long scrap with his team-mate, before brilliantly beating the MotoGP refugee off the final corner to steal the final podium place.

Race 2’s one-two result was the same as Race 1, with Checa leading home Biaggi.

While Checa cleared off, Biaggi held off an eager effort from Melandri, who after the race was visibly delighted with his first weekend as a World Superbike rider.

Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) emerged from a battering and bruising weekend with a fourth place in Race 2, after falling back with a big mistake at Honda Corner in Race 1.

Rea finished ahead of the two Leons, Haslam (BMW Motorrad) and Camier (Aprilia Alitalia).

It was a tough day for the Aussies. Troy Corser finished with the best race result, finishing 10th in Race 1. The former World Champion ran in the top three early in Race 2, but ran down the escape road at Honda Corner

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